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The Longing, Remembering the Sway of the Primal Guide, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Recordando a pastora imperio for Damaso Alonso (Poem published in the collection : Metaphora del desafuero, 1988, and dedicated to Damaso Alonso, who exerted on Carlos Bousono an avowed influence and patronage, concludes my own present Read more…

While you breathe in your office, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Mientras en tu oficina respires ( from the collection: Las monedas contra la losa; 1973) While you breathe in your office, yawning and abandoning yourself, or dictate in your class a lesson in front of strange students who contemplate you Read more…

The sensation of nothingness, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Sensacion de la nada Consider, no matter what, even something agreeable falls so low : in the pureness of metaphysics, in the sublime brightness of nothingness. In the cubic emptiness, in the number of fire. It’s the bonfire which causes inanity to burn. In the centre Read more…

The throbbing of his heart, Translation of carlos Bousono’s sonnet : Los golpes de su corazon (According to the anthology editor, Alejandro D. Amusco, this sonnet with a different title first appeared in Bousono’s collection : Invasion de la Realidad, 1962, and this revised sonnet : « In its new form – the sense of the poem varies Read more…

Words uttered in a subdued voice in order to constitute a dedication, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem :Palabras dichas en voz baja para formar una dedicatoria (To Ruth, so young, from another age) (It’s quite probable that this poem commemorates and addresses Bousono’s wife, Ruth, and as such the interest in the Read more…

A New View, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : La nueva mirada (My own view of Carlos Bousono stems from a full academic year – from the beginning of September 1970 to the end of May-June 1971 – as a student of his at the Central (Complutense) University of Madrid where he taught the course : Read more…